Last field trip

We started by talking about fog. Fog has salt in it which can rust metal and corrode plants. We then moved on to invasive plants. Honeysuckle is invasive. Privet hedge is also invasive and gets a head starts on all the plants by getting out the greens first. Although I do like privet hedge, if it’s invasive it should not be grown. Fox grape isn't invasive but does have an interesting way of getting sun. It climbs up the other plants.
After walking for a while we came upon sheep sorrel which is edible. I tasted it and it was OK. 
We then went to an ancient Wampanoag burial site. The person who was buried there lived on Nantucket 2 AND A HALF THOUSAND YEARS AGO. That is pretty awesome.

JohnCarl M.

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I Had A FUN TIME AT THE FIELD STATION, I DID NOT KNOW THAT STRAWBERRY FLOWERS LOOKED LIKE THAT, I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE JUST BUSHES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WHEN I WENT DOWN TO THE BEACH I THOUGHT THAT YOU MEaNT THERE WAS A DEAD BIrD But IT WAS A DEAD SEAL!  I GOT SCARED BUT THEN IT WAS COOL AT THE SAME TIME. IT WILL GIVE FOOD TO OTHER ANIMALS BUT ASLO BAD FOR THE POOR SEAL. BUT that’s LIFE. it WAS COOL TO lOOK AT, THE TEETH AND HOW MUCH AIR WAS IN IT. 

~SHEA SHEA

On Monday we went to the Field Station. We saw a lot of stuff like a dead little seal. Also we saw a burial site of an ancient Wampanoag that got brought to a museum and then got taken back and buried. We checked the apple tree that we checked about 3 weeks ago. I learned that fog carries salt and sheep sorrel is edible also that some birds throw up on their feet to kill bacteria. It was really fun going on the walk.

-Jake

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"Honeysuckle plant, don't take over like you do."

"Black cherry I say the same to you.”

"You’re both so invasive!"
"Honeysuckle you are smart, you come out before everybody else does, so that you won't have to compete for sunlight, and energy.

"It's just like Nantucket in the summer- everyone swarms in to the harbor like a fierce group of bees, in overwhelming numbers.         

"(Then the games begin!)"

Some plants aren't invasive such as sheep sorrel or the apple tree. The apple tree goes through a cycle.

"But apple tree, now you are going through stages early. Don't you know this affects animals around you?" "(That was rhetorical question.)" "When birds migrate to eat your lovely fruit, they are disappointed, because you weren't patient enough to wait for the them." "You should wait to provide them with your fruit, until they are able to accept it!" "Well I guess it's not your fault, its global warming's!" "Anyway, bye now Apple Tree." 

"Hello Fox grape, I hear you have a special method that you use-climbing" "I hope you don't climb up me!" "

"Hello Seal, how are you?" "(That was a rhetorical question, |you're dead|)" "Anyway, we got off on the wrong foot, I just wanted to mention the fact that you have helped so many organisms, who needed this to happen in order to survive." 

"It is nature’s way, and everything in nature happens for a reason" "It is okay that your body is bloated, because although your body may not always be intact, you are with us in spirit, and should feel proud that in the process of something awful (starving to death), you have created homes and food for many living things!" 

"Bye all living (and non-living things) and I hope you are happy!) 

-Fondly, 

  Ella

On Monday we went out to the U Mass Field station. The Field station is really cool to explore and learn about as you walk along. While we were there we walked around the beautiful property and learned about many invasive species. One really cool one was Honey suckle, because they are a competitive plant. If it leafs out early it will get all of the energy and strengthen their roots. As we walked along we saw more invasive species.  Later we made our way to the beach and walked along in saw a dead seal. We all talked about how it made us feel. When it came to my turn I had many different ideas and how it made me feel. I thought it was cool because we could be that close to a marine animal that had died. On the other hand it was happy for other animals, because now they can get food and shelter. It was also very sad because it had died but it's the way the world works. That was a very cool field trip out to the Field station and I am sad it was our last one.

Isobel C.

63 degrees 

Sunny with a slight breeze

May 11th

This past Monday, May 11th 2015, my class and I visited the U Mass Field Station. We met up with Lenny to talk about different species on the island. We saw very exciting things on this beautiful sunny day. One thing we checked out was the Honey Suckle Plant. This plant is an invasive species. The Honey Suckle plant that we saw had sprouted early to get the most amount of energy from the sun light. (I like to think of it like the first one to the party gets the most ice cream.) 

When we walked over to the Cherry Tree we found a web on one of its branches. The web was made from the Eastern Tent Caterpillar. This type of caterpillar makes a tent of web to allow the eggs to have a comfortable and safe place to hatch. We soon came upon a plant known as Fox Scrape. This plant sprouts right up to the top and tries to get all the energy from the sunlight. Lenny said that if we stood next to the plant for a while, we would soon be covered in Fox Scrape because it grew so long.

After we learned about some of the plants at the U Mass Field Station, we went over to the beach. As we got down to the far end of the beach we stopped upon a very sad image. There, lying on the ground, was a dead seal. The poor seal was starved to death and had to suffer on the sand of the beach. Although I felt bad for the animal, I had to be optimistic and think of the animals who would benefit from this loss. For example, the birds on our island would have a great feed on this animal. After all, it is the circle of life.

I really enjoyed this field trip and I am sad that this was our last field trip this year with Lenny at the U Mass Field Station.

Katie G.

On Monday, May 10th the whole 6th grade hopped in the car and headed to the U Mass Field Station, sadly for the last time with Lenny (a.k.a Len). We took a long walk and first visited and talked about invasive species, which are according to Wikipedia "An invasive species is a plant or animal that is not native to a specific location (an introduced species); and has a tendency to spread, which is believed to cause damage to the environment, human economy and/or human health". We then walked further down the road and an osprey circling around with a fish in its claws and we learned that invasive species are greener that the rest of the native plants. After that we walked a little further down the road and saw eastern tent caterpillars (these bugs are invasive species) which had made their home on an apple tree, which we are tracking. Our last destination was the beach, but first we had a few stops on the way, our first stop was to see a grave of a young Wampanoag woman who died about 2.5 thousand years ago and whose body was taken to museum and, other Wampanoag from her tribe brought her back and buried her properly.  Lastly we went down to the beach, and about 3/4 of the way down we saw the dead seal (named Larry by Katie) which is now food for all the other animals at the U Mass Field Station. Larry, who died probably because of starvation is now a windfall habitat.

Louisa L.

Once our class got to the field station we jumped out of the van and meet Lenny who was ready to show us around the field station and give us an update. It was May 11, 2015 and 64º. As we started walking down the dirt road you could hear birds singing and it smelled like spring. Lenny told us about how the honeysuckle is an invasive plant that leaves out first to get more sunlight and energy than the other plants. As we began to walk towards our next stop we saw a bird that was tail walking. This means that is showing off the prey that it has caught by circling around in the sky. There were black cherry trees lining the road as we strolled down it. In the black cherry trees were Eastern tent caterpillars that were inhabiting them. Near Lenny's house there was privet hedge that is also invasive. We saw the rare species of the lawnmower there too! We walked until we came upon the apple trees that were having their first flowering of the season. Now we were walking to the beach, on the sides of the road Fox Grape was growing over the native plant called Bayberry. Fox grape uses a climbing technique to reach the sun. Once we reached the beach we walked along the shore until we came upon a dead seal. Lenny showed us how the seal's stomach was bloated and that means that it died from hunger. Our class sat around it and we talked about our individual opinions on the dead seal. My opinion is that it is sad that the seal suffered to die, but it is good for the other creatures that feed on it once it's dead. 

This was our last field trip to the field station this year and I very much enjoyed it and would like to thank Lenny and Matt for guiding the class through this book project and found it very fun and very educational!

By,

Sophie G.

On the hottest day this year we went out to the field station. When we got there we went for a walk to the sand plain grasslands. We ate sheep food. Then we went down to the beach and saw a dead seal. It died of starvation. Under law you are not allowed to go close to the animal only if it is a scientific property so we were fine. We said what we thought about it and then we left 

Orion D.

On Monday, May 11 the whole class went to the UMass field station. It was sunny and a bit windy but very warm. It felt like it was 65°.On the field trip the first thing we did was go to the apple tree. The last time that we checked the apple tree was 3 weeks ago and there was nothing on it. When we went to the apple tree this time there were the first buds on it. After that we walked up to a black cherry tree that had Eastern Tent Caterpillar on it. Then we talked about invasive and native plants , a privet hedge is it invasive plants, fox grape  likes to climb as high as possible to get the sun and it is as well an invasive plant, Bayberry is a native plant to Nantucket and Sheep's sorrel is a non-native plant and it is not invasive.

Then we went down to the beach and looked at a dead seal. You cannot go very close to a seal dead or alive. Seal hunters might come and take the seals teeth because they are Ivory and very valuable and jewelers might also come because they can use the ivory for jewelry. When a seal dies they get bloated with air and if they were smaller they become much bigger than they were. If you go to close to the seal you could break a federal law and also you could get hurt! 

Ava W.

We arrived at the field station and got together. Once everyone arrived we started walking down the main path. There were a lot of eastern tent caterpillars because there was a good amount of fruit trees. They like fruit trees. There were more invasive plants than I thought would be on Nantucket. We got to the bluff and Lenny said, "Are you guys hungry? Look for something red." We looked around and saw a small plant. "This is called Sheep Sorel. It's edible." We tried some. "You can make it into tea." We then went down a path to go to the beach. I didn't know why, but I heard other class mates talking about a seal. They were right. There was a dead seal. Flies were flying around, eating it. It was cool because I've never been up to a seal that close. We went around saying what we felt about it. I said, "I think it's sad, but good because the seal population is growing on Nantucket and is luring sharks. Mostly everyone said it was sad. Once that was done we went back to the van.

Samuel H.

It was Monday, when the 6th grade took an adventure. I remember like it was 7 and 50 minutes ago, I was standing there waiting for the trip to begin, after a min passed by we walked along to talk about an invasive plant and how it grows green first to get all the light and the energy from the sun, pretty cool. A lot of other things happen and talked about it was somewhat mostly Orion being vex, when we reached the cabin, Lenny said, can you spot any red "thing", I pointed at the ground and got it right so we walked there, and he said, "this is called sheep sorrel, Who want to eat this, it’s poisonous, but... you have to eat it every day for half a year to it be effective.” I said, ‘’ tastes like apple skin.’’ We left soon after to see a dead baby seal it was sad, we talked about it, what do you think about it I said,” weird, gross and plain disgusting, but sad.”, and other people talked, after that we went back. 

Samir B.

Trip to the Nantucket Field Station
by Elena T.

11:34am

64˚degrees

On Monday, May 11th, on a hot spring day, we headed out to the Nantucket Field Station,

The first thing we saw was an invasive species called Honey Suckle. It's invasive because they leaf two weeks early, and get all the energy, leaving the other plants without any energy nor food.

As we kept walking, we spotted an osprey praying on a fish. Right below the osprey, there was a black cherry tree. It wasn't just any old tree-this tree had living creatures called Eastern Tent caterpillars nesting on it. Eastern tent caterpillars love fruit trees. While we were heading to the apple tree, we spotted yet another bird, called the Turkey Vulgar. 

Next, we found the apple tree, we had been tracking for many weeks now. It is now starting to bloom.

Before we headed to the beach, Lenny showed us a 2,000 year old grave that belonged to a Wampanoag women.

At the beach, we walked over to a dead seal who had died of starvation. It was very sad, but as Lenny and Matt said, it is after all the circle of life, and now other animals can benefit from it.

After spending 15 minutes investigating the seal, and talking about it, we headed back to the Nantucket New School.

I had a lot of fun at this last field trip to the Nantucket Field Station, and I thank Lenny for letting us go there.

~Elena T.

On Monday, we went to the UMASS field station to examine some local invasive species. 

Some examples are:

- Honey suckles 

- Eastern tent caterpillars (cocoon on cherry trees)

- Hedge

- Sheep sorrel (poisonous in large quantities, edible, nutty flavor, nonnative, but not invasive.)

Some native species we saw were:

- Fox grapes

- Bay berries

While walking, we noticed that the tree we are tracking, has some new buds and a few flowers! Lots of the eastern tent caterpillars where nesting in the tree too. I learned that in some places, to get rid of the caterpillars, they were set on fire! 

We also saw a Native American (Wampanoag) woman’s grave who is approximately 2,500 (ish) years old today!

- Alden T.

Garlic Mustard

Garlic Mustard

A poem  from Ella E.

The garlic mustard is not like custard

no that’s not a good rhyme, let me try one more time.

The garlic mustard forms in clusters,

no that’s a soft rhyme you see, no it won’t work for me!

The garlic mustard is quite flustered,

that doesn’t even make sense, at least it’s not a soft rhyme…

in my defense.

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Garlic Mustard Field Trip

By Elena T.

5/5/15

63˚degrees

7:17pm

On a sunny warm Monday afternoon, my class and I headed past the Cottage Hospital, through the Historic Graveyard, to a field of Garlic Mustard.  There, we broke up into teams, and searched for Garlic Mustard. Once we found a spot where there was some, we pulled it out of the ground, and put them in trash bags.

What is Garlic Mustard exactly?

To answer that question, Garlic Mustard is an invasive species of plant that is all over Nantucket. It is called Garlic Mustard, because it has a strong smell, that smells almost just like garlic.

It is an invasive species because no animals like to eat it, and it's toxic to some insects. Us humans can eat it, in fact when the Europeans brought it over, they loved to use it in cooking. But this plant is no help to any wild animals or insects, so it just spreads and spreads and spreads.

Okay, but why did  you need doing it? 

Is it that big of a deal?

First off, it is a big deal. It's getting in the way of stuff that should be there. Plus, it's no help to the animals, so it would be better if it just would go away.

We are doing it for that reason. We want to get rid of this invasive species, so it's a safe environment for everyone, not just us.

That is why, on one sunny Monday afternoon, we went on a field trip to help stop the invasive species of plant-Garlic Mustard.

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I showed up ready to kill... GARLIC MUSTARD! Garlic Mustard deserves to die because it is an invasive species. It kills all the native species and creates a monoculture. I put on rubber gloves grabbed a trash can and joined my friends Samir  and Sam. 

We went down a path and began to pull up Garlic Mustard. It smells bad because of all of the chemicals it secrets to kill other plants in the area. We talk as we pull up Garlic Mustard. I wander down another path and find lots of dandelions. I turn to they other side and see even more Garlic Mustard   

We pull Garlic Mustard for a long time and at the end we have almost a quarter of a trash bag full of it. It was fun, funny and i learned a lot.

JohnCarl M.

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My class went to a land bank property to kill an invasive plant called the garlic mustard, because they were invading place where it shouldn’t be, it take over a certain place and creates a mono culture and destroys home’s for other species.

                Garlic mustard was brought to Nantucket as a garden plant but it kills of other plant by releasing Toxin's in to the ground, so other plants can’t grow near him. Now garlic mustard is everywhere invading natural habitats for species and killing them off and the species goes extinct.

Samir B.

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On Monday, the fourth, we helped pull out of the ground an invasive species. It is called Garlic Mustard. the plant has spread to many parts of the island. there is an organization that speshiliszes in invasive species. the reason why we needed to pull these plants out is because nothing here eats it and it is killing off some of our native plants.Garlic Mustard does not belong here and we need to get rid of them. all it does is kill and spread. we should not have this on our island.

Anah B.

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 Garlic Mustard is a Europe plant that was shipped over to the United States because it is a plant that is used for cooking, so people grow it in their gardens for cooking purposes. Garlic Mustard gives off a chemical that prevents other seeds/plants from growing. Then it starts to take over. As people planted them the seeds were blown away in the wind and spread all around the Nantucket. Because this plant isn't native to Nantucket, when it starts to grow it becomes invasive. 

 For our science field trip we went to some Landbank Property, where we meet up with Emily from the Nantucket Land Council, Lenny from the U. Mass Field Station, Connie and Kelly from the Nantucket Conservation Foundation, Kim from the Maria Mitchell Association, Ernie from the Massachusetts Avdubon Society and Sarah from the Linda Loring Nature Foundation. We meet up there to pick Garlic Mustard. When we picked it we had to make sure that we got all the roots so it wouldn't grow. Overall we did a good job of picking the Garlic Mustard. One weed at a time, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! 

By,

Sophie G

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I'll set the scene for you : 

Ahhh ... the warmth, about 54 ˚ F and the wind about 5 mph. The whole 6th grade going to a land plot that was full of invasive plants...garlic mustard, we were on a mission to pull as many of these atrocious plants as we could, and boy we were not at all  alone. What happened after this was truly amazing, people with scientific backgrounds and people that simply cared such as Kelly, Ernie, Jeff, Emily, Lenny, Kim, Sarah and the whole 6th grade including Matt from all over Nantucket came together to pull this nasty weed. For about 45 minutes everyone pulled the weed and worked together. We needed to pull the garlic mustard so that it wouldn't harm any of the native plants and animals of Nantucket and so that it also doesn't over grow.

Louisa L.

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We were ready to fight against our greatest plant enemy of Nantucket? We didn't know what we were really doing when we got into that van did we? We were on probably the biggest war that we would go through. The war between Garlic Mustard Weed and Humans!  

Info: Garlic Mustard is a plant on Nantucket that is invasive. No animal wants to eat it so we had to go to a little spot of land by the hospital. The Nantucket Land Bank own the land.

 I was all for destroying a weed that was everywhere! So when we arrived at the battle field we got into groups. John Carl, Samir and I were one of them and we were ready. Our group ran down a path and ripped up a big patch of them. Soon we had a big bag full of them. We searched for more victims around the area that we were in and saw one. We had to help save Nantucket from these evil weeds, so we did. We ran over to the second patch and tore up a clump of them. Soon it was time to go. We did are job, the time was up. No human got heart on the mission accept for a little scratch on my arm from a pricker bush. 

We got into the van and talked until we made it back. 

Samuel H.

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When we went to the old cemetery I wasn't completely sure what we were going to do there. It turns out we were helping Lenny, Emily, Kim, Connie, Jeff, Kelly, Ernie, Matt and Sarah pick Garlic Mustard because it is an invasive species from Europe that formed a mono culture that nothing wanted to eat. Also because it has chemical warfare with other plants which kills the other plants. It is native to Europe, western and central Asia, and northwestern Africa. Its scientific name is Alliaria Petiolata.

-Jake T.

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As I step out of my spaceship I see a group of kids and adults picking my favorite food that I thought was only on Mars. GARLIC MUSTARD!!!!!!!  I wondered why they would be pulling this garlic mustard. I heard that it was an envasive spices or something but who cares. They stay that it will take the space up but everyone now that space is never ending. Then they say pair up and pick some garlic mustard. As they start picking it I start to eat it.

Orion D.

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On Monday we went and pulled the invasive species, the Garlic Mustard plant. 

An invasive species is a species that did not originate here but was brought here by other people a long time ago. How the Garlic Mustard plant got here was people used to use it in food. Some people would make a pesto out of it. An invasive species also means that our animals are not familiar to it and they don't like to eat it so it just keeps growing without any disturbance. Some butterflies lay their eggs on it thinking it is like Milkweed and the butterfly larva eats the plant and they get

poisoned by the chemicals it gives off.

Why it was so important to do this is because Garlic Mustard would just keep growing with it being an invasive species. We had to grab it by its roots so we could pull it up and get the whole plant out. If we left any root or any part of the plant in the ground the plant would just grow back. 

Garlic Mustard is taking over our land and will just keep growing and doing this until we pick it and stop this plant from expanding and taking over Nantucket's beautiful land.

                                                          - Isobel C.

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We went on a fieldtrip because of an important cause that needs more awareness. Invasive plants are a problem for many reasons. They form monocultures, meaning they are the only plant growing in an environment. This creates zero competition for energy and food. Invasive species can also be harmful to other species. For example if a butterfly were to eat a plant that was exotic, they might not recognize it, wouldn't eat, and the plant would continue to grow. This doesn't sound so bad right? But the butterfly might also react to it in another way, and be poisoned from the plant. As you can see invasive species can affect ecosystems in some negative ways. To help with this natural occurrence, the 6th grade went and pulled up Garlic Mustard, a type of invasive weed. If you pull it up by the roots, it kills that one plant. We found areas filled with garlic mustard, which can be used for culinary purposes, and pulled them up, to prevent it from spreading more. The fieldtrip was not only educational, but helped our environment. 

-Ella:)

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On Monday, we picked garlic mustard. We picked garlic mustard because it is an invasive  species and it is harmful to other plants and animals. Garlic mustard sends out a chemical warfare in the soil which can kill off other plants and if animals eat it, they can die.

Alden T 

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On Monday, May 3rd, my class and I went to a historic cemetery that is owned by the Land Bank. We met up with several people to weed an invasive species, known as Garlic Mustard. An invasive specie is a plant or animal that is not native to our island. An example of an invasive specie is a squirrel. The squirrel was brought over to our island from the mainland. We weeded this plant because some invasive species let off chemicals in the soil allowing other plants to have a hard time growing. There were lots and lots of Garlic Mustard plants there, so it took us about an hour and fifteen minutes to weed most of the area.Each weed I pulled out of the ground made me feel amazing. It was good to know that I was helping the island and other plants. I really enjoyed this process and hope to help the environment again soon.

Katie G.

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On Monday May 4 it was partly cloudy, 54 degrees and it was a bit windy. We went to  a grassy field owned by the Nantucket Land Bank. We went to pick garlic mustard an invasive species that was brought here from Europe.Garlic mustard is an species that will shoot out a toxin from its roots to prevent any animals from eating it and that means it does not have any predator's. When you pick the garlic mustard you have to wiggle it from its roots and then slowly pull it out from the ground. If you did not get the root out then it was no use to even try to pull it out of the ground. Once we were done pulling the most that we could get we packed up and heading back to the cars. I had a really great time and hope we can do this again in the future!

-Avaline W.

Beach Profiling -

Beach profiling Ella E.

Materials

emery rods (1)

Writing utensil (1)

Beach profiling sheet (note sheet), (1)            

Hammer (1)

Metal detector (1)

Laser Level

GPS

Camera (1)

Metal pole (1)

Monument (1)

A beach

More than one person

Methods

Go to a beach.

Find the wrack line. (Tide line)

Take your monument, and hammer it into your fixed point. (Fixed point is the spot where you start.)

Take the longitude and latitude at that spot with your GPS.

Stick a metal pole where the transect line is. (A transect line is the path you are measuring)

Take out your emery rods. (Emery rods are two poles with a taut rope tied in between)

Take one pole and Put it on the slope (or flat land), and align with the horizon.

Take both poles and place them opposite of each other.

Take the pole aligned with the horizon, and look what that mark is on the pole opposite to it.

There will be numbers on the poles, the mark will be one of these numbers.  This is your data.

Do this until all the data needed to find changes in the beach is collected.

Record or write down anything observed in beach profiling note sheet.

Pick up after yourself, and leave the beach cleaner and better than you found it!

 Beach Profiling Samuel H.

Procedure

    A. Materials 

·         Slope

·         Emory rods

·         Notebook and pencil

·         Hammer

·         Medal detector

·         More than one person 

·         A beach

·         Visible horizon

·         Data sheet

·         Camera

·         Metal pole 

B. Methods 

1.       Record the time, date, longitude, latitude, and temperature. 

2.       Use the hammer to hammer the metal pole into you starting point (the dunes). 

3.       Place one of the emery rods next to metal pole, then bring the other pole as far away as you can. (Make sure they're both straight up!) 

4.        Have one of the people be put behind the first rod and line up the horizon and the a marking on the far rod.  

5.       Measure and record what number they both line up on. Make sure it's on your data sheet and in your notebook. 

6.       Now move the first rod to where the far rod was and put the far rod as far as you can away. (Remember the keep them straight up!) Line the horizon and far rod's top up again, measure and record it and do the same thing over and over until you get to the water. 

7.       Now that it is all in your notebook and data sheet, pick up everything except the metal pole. You want to keep that there to mark where you were the next time you come. 

8.       While you're getting everything, if there's any trash try to pick all of it up. We we to keep the beaches nice and clean. 

9.       Make some observation while you're there also, like if you saw any animals or the sea was at high tide. 

Great, now can go back to your van/car. 

-Sam :-)

Beach Profiling

         By: Louisa L.

Materials:

Emory rods

Hammer

Metal pole also known axed point 

Camera

Metal detector 

G.P.S device 

Data collector sheet

Pencil

More than one person (three people is acceptable)

Clear horizon

Beach

A device that finds the horizon

Methods:

1. Find the longitude and latitude of the beach.

2. Find the axed line. (also known as a  metal pole) 

3. Always make sure that your Emory rods are lined up, now you can start!

4. Start at the axed line and work from there with your Emory rods.

5. Line up the emory rods with the horizon and start the process of beach profiling.

6. Do this until you get to the waters edge and remember to write down all your data on the data collector sheet.

7. Remember when you leave to pick up all the litter you left behind if you did. It is also great when you pick up garbage that was there before hand.

Thing to know

* You will need to know what a plumb line is. A plumb line is a small weight, almost like a fishing line that will tell you if the emory rods are even. 

Beach profiling By Jake T.

Materials

·         Visible horizon

·         Emory Rods

·         GPS Device

·         Hammer 

·         2 poles

·         Camera 

·         Metal Detector

·         Pencil

·         Data collection sheet

·         At least 2 people

Methods

1. Create or find a starting and hammer one pole there.
2. Find the wrack line and hammer the other pole there.
3. Find the longitude and latitude.
4. Line up the other pole with the one hammered in on the wrack line.
5. Take the Emory rods and line them up with the pole on the wrack line. Make sure the rope is taught.
6. Then the person holding the rod closest to the dunes has to line up the top of the other rod with the horizon and see where it appears on the rod closest to the dune. 
7. Right the measurement down on the data collection sheet.
8. Move the rod closest to the dunes right next to the other rod and then stretch out that rod as far as it can go to the wrack line. Be careful and check if you are still going straight!
9. Repeat steps 1-7 until you get to the pole on the shoreline. After that you have accomplished Beach Profiling!!!!

Beach profiling by Anah B.

Procedure:

Materials:

·         emory rods

·         hammer

·         2 metal poles

·         camera

·         metal detector

·         GPS

·         pencil

·         3 partners (at least)

·         collection sheet

·         visible horizon

Methods:

1. Place 1 of the metal poles in the ground where the dune starts. Use the hammer to pound on the top of the pole to push it farther into the ground.
2. Hammer the second pole into the ground where the waves break.
3. Take longitude and latitude with the GPS. 
4. Line the first emory rod up with the pole at the start of the dunes. Take the second emory rod and line it up with the horizon. The farthest one from the horizon should be right in front of the pole on the horizon. Make sure that the rope between the two emory rods is tight.
5. Line up the top of the emory rod that is closest to the horizon, with the horizon. Then see where that line lands on the numbers on the emory rod that is farthest away from the horizon
6. Write down the answer in the collection sheet.
7. Keep repeating steps 4, 5 and 6 until you reach the second metal pole where the waves break.
8. When you leave the beach, leave it better than when you found it.

 Beach Profiling by Sophie G.

Procedure:

            Materials:

notebook

pencil

emory rods

GPS device

hammer

camera

metal pole (2) (fixed point)

at least 3 people

laser level

Methods:

Find a beach you would like to profile.

When you reach the place on the beach that you want to be your starting point, find the longitude and latitude so you can come back next season.

Hammer in a pole on the wrack line. (Where the beach grass ends.)This will be your fixed point.

Line up another pole where the waves break (Make sure it is lined up with your fixed point.)

Line up one of your emory rods against your fixed point.The other emory rod should be at a distance so that the line connecting them is taught.(They should be at a right angle to the horizon.)

Have person #1 hold the emory rod that is against the fixed point. Have person #2 hold the emory rod that is closest to the horizon. Have person #3 take notes and pictures of the numbers while person #1 and #2 profile the beach.

Then have person #1 find the horizon and line it up with the top of person #2’s emory rod. Then see where that invisible line, lines up on the numbers on their emory rod. Collect the data and tell person #3 so they can record it.(If the horizon isn’t visible, use a laser level could be helpful.)

Repeat step 7 all the way down the beach until you get to the pole where the water breaks.

You can see how much the tide went up since you started.

Clean up after yourself. Do not leave trash behind!!!    

The Joy of Beach Profiling by Samir B.

Materials:

a)      Emory Rods.

b)      GPS.

c)       Metal Pole (2).

d)      Camera.

e)      More than 2 People.

f)       Beach (The obvious).

g)      Visible Horizon.

h)      Note book.

i)        Hammer.

j)        Data Sheet.

Method:

        I.            I. Hammer a Metal Pole as your control point on the rack line (Where the last line of seaweed stops).

      II.          II.  Using the GPS find the location of your control point, so you can come back again and Profile the beach every four season.

    III.            III. Place another metal pole at the swash zone to make a transect line.

    IV.           IV. Stand in front of one Emory rod (Rod 1)

      V.           V. Stretch out the rod 2 as far away as you can *make sure it’s straight*, and tight*

    VI.          VI.   Standing in front of rod 1 focus on rod 2 level to level with the horizon.

  VII.           VII. Looking straight forward focus on rod 1 find where the rod 2 and the horizon level up together.

VIII.           VIII. Record the data on the data sheet.

    IX.            IX. Repeat the steps from IV to VIII.

      X.            X. Clean the beach and yourself, make the beach look better than when you came.

 Beach Profiling by Isobel C.

Procedure  

  A. Materials

·         Emory rods

·         G.P.S.

·         Hammer

·         Camera

·         Medal pole (2)

·         Medal detector

·         More than one person (3 is good)

·         Pencil

·         Beach

·         Visible horizon

·         Data sheet

B. Methods

1. Drive out to a beach.
2. Hammer a pole into the wrack line (fixed point).
3. Find longitude and latitude from your fixed point so you can come back again.
4. Put the other pole at the water straight across from you.
5. Stretch out the emory rods and put one at your fixed point.
6. Record all of your data using the data sheet.
7. Use positive when there is an incline and use negative when there is a decline.
8. When you are all done clean up after yourself.

OBSERVATIONS:

When we went we observed that there was one incline (+0.1) and everything else were negative numbers.

We saw an Osprey fly off with a fish.

We also saw college students who were going to collect plankton and who were going to do beach profiling as well.

- Isobel

Beach Profiling Katie G.

Materials:

·         GPS

·         Hammer

·         Camera

·         Emory Rods

·         Metal pole

·         Metal Detector

·         Notebook and Pencil

·         More than one person

·         A beach

·         A visible horizon

·         Data sheet 

Methods:

1. Find the longitude and Latitude of your location.
2. Use a pole to mark your location by hammering it into the edge of the shore line.
3. Begin to line up your emory rods across from the pole.
4. Make sure that both poles are straight up and down.
5. Have the person farthest from the ocean line the top of his/ her partners rod up with the horizon. Then line the numbers on your rod to the top of your partners rod.
6. Once you find your calculations, record them in your journal.
7. Do this again while moving closer to the ocean. 
8. To get closer to the ocean, you will need to have the person farthest from the ocean take his/her partners spot while having the person closest to the ocean ( the partner) walk backwords ( towards the ocean) to straighten both rods again.
9. Do these steps over and over till you have reached the water surface.
10. Keep the pole in the ground until you come back the next season.
11. Come back each season to see how the beach had eroded over time.
12. Once you are done beach profiling, you might want to pick some trash up that you see along the beach to keep our planet clean. 

Beach Profiling Alden T,

M͟a͟t͟e͟r͟i͟a͟l͟s͟:

- ᴇᴍᴏʀʏ ʀᴏᴅs 

- ᴄᴀᴍᴇʀᴀ

- ʜᴀᴍᴍᴇʀ

- ᴍᴇᴛᴀʟ ᴘᴏʟᴇs (2) 

- ᴍᴇᴛᴀʟ ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛᴏʀ

- ɢᴘs 

- ᴘᴇɴᴄɪʟ/ ᴅᴀᴛᴀ ᴄᴏʟʟᴇᴄᴛᴏʀ 

- ɢʀᴏᴜᴘ/ ᴘᴀʀᴛɴᴇʀ

- ʙᴇᴀᴄʜ

- ᴀ ᴛʜɪɴɢʏ ᴍᴏʙᴏʙᴇʀ 

M͟e͟t͟h͟o͟d͟s͟: 

1. ғɪɴᴅ ᴏʀ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇ ᴡʀᴀᴄᴋ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ.

2. ʜᴀᴍᴍᴇʀ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴇᴛᴀʟ ᴘᴏʟᴇs ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡʀᴀᴄᴋ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ.

3. ɢᴇᴛ ɢᴘs ᴄᴏᴏʀᴅɪɴᴀᴛᴇs.

4. ʟɪɴᴇ ᴜᴘ ʏᴏᴜʀ sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ᴘᴏʟᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ғɪʀsᴛ ᴏɴᴇ ʙᴜᴛ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀs ᴇᴅɢᴇ.

5. ʟɪɴᴇ ᴜᴘ ʏᴏᴜʀ ғɪʀsᴛ ᴇᴍᴏʀʏ ʀᴏᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ғᴀʀᴛʜᴇsᴛ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ.

6. ʀᴇᴘᴇᴀᴛ sᴛᴇᴘ 5 ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏʟᴇ ᴅᴏᴡɴ (ᴏʀ ᴜᴘ) ɴᴇᴀʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴄᴇᴀɴs ᴇᴅɢᴇ.

7. ᴜsɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴘᴇɴᴄɪʟ, ʀᴇᴄᴏʀᴅ ᴅᴀᴛᴀ ɪɴ sʜᴇᴇᴛ.

8. ᴄʟᴇᴀɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴀᴄʜ. ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ ɪᴛ ɴɪᴄᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ғᴏᴜɴᴅ ɪᴛ.

sᴏʀʀʏ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ 2 ᴘᴀʀᴛs. ɪ ᴀᴄᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴛᴀʟʟʏ ʜɪᴛ sᴇɴᴅ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪ ғɪɴɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴍᴀᴛᴇʀɪᴀʟs... ᴡʜᴏᴏᴘsɪᴇs....

- ᴀʟᴅᴇɴ

 Beach profiling by JohnCarl M.

Materials

Emory rods

Hammer

Camera

Metal poles (2)

Beach

Either horizon or horizon finder

Two or more people

GPS

Data table

pencil or pen or other writing material ( you know like chalk or, coal although I don't recommend it)

Journal

Methods

Step 1. Go two the wrack line (the wrack line is where the seaweed and other debris are deposited) make sure it’s the top one. Hammer in one of the poles there and line up one Emory rod with that metal rod.

Step 4. Take the longitude and latitude of the metal pole using the GPS.

Step 3. Hammer in one pole down by the water so as its lined up with the Emory rod and the other metal rod.

Step 4. Line up your other Emory rod with all the other rods Emory or otherwise.

Step 5. Lean down by the Emory rod farther up beach and line the top of the other Emory rod up with the horizon.

Step 6. Trace that line across to your pole to see how far that stretch of land goes down.

Step 7 if that doesn't match up that's because the beach goes up. In that case line up your pole up with the horizon and trace it over to the other pole to see how far it goes up.

Step 8. Record your results in a data table

Step 9. Repeat steps 6 and\or 7 and 8 until you reach the ocean.

Step 10. Record interesting facts in your journal.

How To Properly Beach Profile

By Elena M. Tittel

4/15/15

4:18pm

61˚degrees 

Before I talk about how to profile a beach, I would like to briefly talk about the field trip I went on with Lenny and Matt last week.

We first took a walk around, and looked at the trees, or pollen trees, or as someone said Broccoli Trees. Also, we learned about Bud Burst! 

Then, we headed to the beach. It was beautiful and sunny, and I had a lot of fun! 

Now, here is how you properly profile  a beach!

Before you start, make sure you have the following things:

•Emory Rods

•A metal pole

•GPS Device

•Hammer

•Camera 

•Metal Detector 

•People to work with (Preferably at least 2)

•A Pencil

•A notebook

•A beach (obviously) 

•Horizon 

•Data Sheet

•Binoculars

•A Beach Profile Survey

Once you have made sure you have everything you need, follow these simple steps and you'll be an expert on Beach Profiling in no time!

Step 1: First things first, you must find the rack line, which is where you'll be looking to measure the beach. 

Step 2: Now, using your hammer, hammer in the metal pole into the beach.

Step 3: Next, get your GPS location, using your GPS device.

Step 4: Then record the latitude and longitude, the time, and weather.

Step 5: Take your Emory Rod, and get the other people to line up the other rod with the horizon. 

Step 6: Once you have done that, make sure the rods are lined up, and then using whats called a plum line, record the data point by point. 

Step 7: Before you record your data on the data sheet, clean up after yourself, and make sure there is no trash, or belongs on the beach.

Step 8: Finally, record your data on the data sheet, and pack up your stuff.

That is how you profile a beach!

~Elena